![]() It is humbling isn’t it? No matter who you are, music can reduce you to My Heart Will Go On mush. You can be 60-year old linguistics professor at Harvard and still find something to relate to in a Celine Dion ballad because the feelings are so universal. If a song is able to relate to you, then it has served its purpose. They may be mistakes, they may be miracles, but they are actions and that speaks louder than any song. “It’s better to burn out, than to fade away.” We often think we cannot make a difference, but listen to Gandi and Bob Dylan. Maybe we choose to just over look it or turn our heads to the troubles around us. Just like the wind, enlightenment and knowledge can be right in front of us, yet we cannot see it. “How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry? Yes, and how many deaths will it take ’til he knows that too many people have died?” That is why when we get it, we know how lucky we are and hold on to it for dear life. It brings us security and comfort, yet, it is never guaranteed, and it does not owe us anything. Love is the most amazing thing in the world. So lyrically simple, but never better put. No matter how tough situations get, just be real and be true. “An honest man’s pillow is his peace of mind.”Ī clear conscience is the freeing of worry, of guilt, of disappointment. Some of those things might not make the least bit of sense, but who are we to judge. They all have reasons for why they are the way that they are and the things that they do. “Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.” Artist: Bo Diddley Creedance Clearwater Revival Eric Clapton Focus on the things in life you love, not the things in life you hate. It is like their way of justifying their own misery. Unfortunately, some people will bring you down with their misfortune before they ever see you succeed. It dares to speak about some of the evil in the world and ugliness of society. This song spoke from a misfit’s perspective. “Bent out of shape from society’s pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he’s in.” People love this song because it’s about focusing less on superficial flaws and more on your inner promise. ![]() If you want brutal honesty, you just might get it. “Don’t ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to.”Įveryone has their shortcomings and if we honestly acknowledged each others, well then, oh wait, we already do that. So look out for those new beginnings because they may first appear as scary and painful. If you lose something you cherished, an opportunity, a love, a life, then that fresh start might bring you more than you ever thought you could have. It is a belief in a new way of thinking and looking at the world a little differently. The optimism to the unknown is beautifully depicted in this song. ![]() “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” The apprehension and rocky decision of whether or not to save a relationship can be so difficult, especially when love isn’t the problem. “Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart.”īringing some Woodstock to the countdown, this song was release in 1969. Not everyone is going to like it, heck, some folks don’t even like chocolate. Let authentic words be the same authentic actions. So it may sound a little Shakespeare, but Frank Sinatra seemed to make the best sense of being true to you. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.” “For what is a man? What has he got? If not himself – Then he has naught. So we don’t get “lost in the music,” we will talk the top 10 and their makers and why these lyrics are so iconic. Sputnik Music created a list of the top 100 song lyrics of all time. Somehow the best music lyrics sum up questions or feelings we have stretched out for years in just a few short minutes. History has searched for words to explain our thoughts, but I believe they are best told with a melody. They led us to that concert that was life-changing. But not all songs are a heart break recap. It is not even the songs that make us a bundle of emotion, it’s the music video we play in our heads while staring out the car window. We were all born with a beat to our hearts and we have created beautiful symphonies, electric guitars, and the Macarena. Music is life with so many stories to tell. It is our underpaid therapist, our universal religion, our imagination and hope.
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